Climate change impacts on maize and dry bean yields of smallholder farmers in Honduras

Iberoamerican Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-22

  Díaz Ambrona, Carlos G H ^a   Gigena, Rubén ^b   Mendoza, Carlos O ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b ZAMORANO UNIVERSITY   (Honduras)

Author keywords

Central America; Crop Simulation model; CropSyst; Food security; Subsistence; Subtropical

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947940847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22542035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26754/ojs_ried/ijds.43     Document Type: Article

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